“Tavaivāhaṃ, mamaivatvaṃ, tvamevāham iti tridhā.” That is: the first, “I am Yours”; the second, “You are mine”; and the third, “You alone are I”. Considered one after another, each is higher than the one before. In the first, “tavaivāhaṃ”, one regards the Paramātma as wholly independent and the devotee as dependent: God is the cat, and the devotee the kitten. This is very gentle, and within the reach of all. Then comes the second, “mamaivatvaṃ”.